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The Columbia guide to modern Chinese history

Author: R Keith Schoppa
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.
Series: Columbia guides to Asian history.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years." "It is a helpful, accessible, and reliable source for readers seeking a quick answer to a question about the Chinese past or about a personage or institutions, and a vehicle for  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R Keith Schoppa
ISBN: 0231112769 9780231112765
OCLC Number: 42680557
Description: xviii, 356 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: Historical narrative. The decline of the traditional state, 1780-1901 ; Building state and nation amid cultural revolution, 1901-28 ; Social revolution: alternatives for state and nation, 1928-60 ; Economic disasters and miracles: 1960 to the present --
Compendium of key events, terms, institutions, and figures --
Resource guide --
Appendices. Chronology of key events, 1780 to the present ; Documents ; Major party congresses ; Tables and figures on trends and developments.
Series Title: Columbia guides to Asian history.
Responsibility: R. Keith Schoppa.

Abstract:

"The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History is both an introduction to the major features of modern Chinese history and a resource for researchers interested in virtually any topic relating to the Chinese experience of the last 220 years." "It is a helpful, accessible, and reliable source for readers seeking a quick answer to a question about the Chinese past or about a personage or institutions, and a vehicle for further study and research on the dramatic history of this important nation."--Jacket.

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